Personal hygiene preparation comprising soap and ether carboxylates

Abstract

A personal hygiene preparation, containing: soap; a coloring agent, fragrance, skin care substance, or conditioner; and at least one synthetic detergent. The synthetic detergent is a carboxymethyl ether of an ethoxylated fatty acid, a carboxymethyl ether of an ethoxylated fatty acid amide, or a carboxymethyl ether of an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, and their salts, and mixtures thereof.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A personal hygiene preparation, comprising: soap, consisting of an alkali salt of at least one fatty acid;   a least one material selected from the group consisting of dyestuff, fragrance, skin care substances and skin conditioners; and   at least one synthetic detergent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxymethyl ether of an ethoxylated fatty acid and a carboxymethyl ether of an ethyloxylated fatty acid amide, wherein the ratio between the soap and the synthetic detergent is in a weight percent range from about 90:5 to about 70:25.   
     
     
       2. A personal hygiene product as defined in claim 1, wherein the soap and synthetic detergent comprise from about 15 to about 40 weight percent of the total weight of said preparation. 
     
     
       3. A personal hygiene preparation as defined in claim 1, wherein the soap and synthetic detergent comprise from about 30 to about 80 weight percent of the total weight of said preparation, to achieve the consistency of a paste. 
     
     
       4. A personal hygiene preparation as defined in claim 1, wherein the soap and synthetic detergent comprise at least 80 weight percent of the total weight of said preparation, to achieve a consistency moldable into a bar shape. 
     
     
       5. A personal hygiene product as defined in claim 1 wherein the synthetic detergent has a degree of ethoxylation of between 2 and 20. 
     
     
       6. A personal hygiene product as defined in claim 1, wherein said fatty acid and said fatty acid amide are selected from the group consisting of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid and amides thereof.